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My heart haainst my chest Those hunters could come back any e to headquarters Without thinking further, I whispered to Arwen, "Free him!"

She looked at me in alarm "What?"

"You heard me" I didn’t know this ht The way they had hie, battered, cut and bruised--this wasn’t a humane way to treat anyone, be they animal, human, or supernatural And every instinct told ain

"Okay," Arwen said, her voice shaking

She performed a spell to weaken five bars Before she’d even finished the job, the wolf, even in his weakened state, gripped the the rest of the job hi eyes with aze was so intense, I alhtly and the next thing I knew he had turned on his heels and leapt through the portal

About ten seconds later, Arwen gasped She was pointing to the base of the cage, where a red light was blinking A red light that definitely had not been there a o I swore beneath my breath Of course they would’ve installed an alarm

Derek

"I’m worried they aren’t back yet," my sister said as she sat opposite ether

The first group of six had overshot their time allowance by four minutes I was disappointed in Corrine I had trusted that she would herd theet carried away herself Perhaps they had made a discovery, but still, that was not an excuse They should have coo fetch them when, to my surprise, Ben and Lucas appeared in the middle of the rooency in their eyes shook ered," Lucas said, wiping his broith a tissue

"An alarasped

"They can detect fae now?" Rose asked, looking stunned

Ben and Lucas eyed us with confusion